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The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Studies Association will convene its annual conference May 31-June 2, 2003 at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The conference coincides with the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences. This year’s conference theme is “Conflict and Cooperation.”
To that end, a panel titled “All the Men Are White, Looks Like the Women Are Too, But Some of Us Know Better” is being proposed that will discuss how this theme of conflict and cooperation is reflected and/or refracted through the lens of race and sexuality.
Papers might explore (this is a partial list; presenters are, of course, welcome to discuss their own thoughts about the panel’s focus):
Racism in the LGBTQ communities
Homophobia and homoignorance in communities of color
Literary representations of LGBTQ people of color
How critical race theory and “queer studies” can be integrated
How the intersection(s) of race and sexuality are negotiated through theory and/or practice
Eminem/Marshall Mathers/Slim Shady
Interracial dating in LGBTQ communities
The representation of people of color in gay pornography
(Re)Viewing the Stonewall Uprising from the perspective of LGBTQ people of color
The virtual dearth of LGBTQ individuals of color on such ostensibly groundbreaking television programs as “Ellen,” “Will and Grace,” and “Queer As Folk”
To allow time for audience interaction, papers must be read in a twenty-minute time-frame. Please submit abstracts, completed papers, or questions by December 15 to the address below (e-mail submissions preferred):
All participants must be CLGSA members at the time of their presentations. For more information about membership registration and/or the conference, please visit our website.
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